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Gray where transparent (PNGs) in EDIT MODE

I just opened a project in the new Booksmart (1.9.4.22805) and the transparent areas of PNGs are showing on-screen as light gray in EDIT MODE, but are ‘see-through’ when in PREVIEW MODE.

I can’t imagine why anyone would want to see the transparent areas of the image in Edit mode… transparency is just that… transparent.

My concern is whether this was an added ‘design feature’ or a bug – and whether or not Blurb can guarantee that transparencies in PNGs will render invisible during print.

Frankly, it’s rather annoying since all of the ‘work’ done on a project is in EDIT MODE

P.S. I don’t feel like buying a book to find out.

Other than that, this version feels a little snappier on my aluminum iMac with 4GB of RAM… but that could just be my desire to believe that updated software is only released when it’s better. :)

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Posted by
allansturm
Apr 18, 2008 10:16am PDT
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Howdy allansturm,

Yes, we’ve gotten some questions about this, and it is indeed a "feature." If you check Preview Mode, you should see your transparency looking as it should.  Your book will print as it appears in Preview Mode.

We do have to give this feature some more thought. It helps some authors determine if they’ve fully filled an image container, but clearly annoys other authors like yourself who might be using PNGs with transparencies.

Hope this helps clear up confusion. We’ll take another look at this.

Best regards,
Jeremy

Posted by
jbates
Apr 18, 2008 11:37am PDT
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